On Fri, 02 Jan 2009 20:51:10 -0000, IanM wrote:

Peter Hucker wrote:
On Thu, 25 Dec 2008 11:27:39 -0000, William Sommerwerck wrote:

The OP says "all my clock radios". That's odd. I've never had /all/ the pots
in the equipment I've owned become scratchy.

Obviously, cleaning the pot should fix the problem. But I suspect the OP
lives in a dusty/dirty environment, or is a heavy smoker.

No, it happens to mine too. Clock radios are usually made VERY cheaply.

Or it could be due to fine dust from your parrots' feathers and droppings.

They did this before I got parrots. They don't seem to be worse since I got them. Surprisingly, nothing has got upset (except my 2nd last projection TV, which told me to change the filter after every 2 hours of use (instead of every 100)). I've since changed the projector to one without a filter, and it's worked fine ever since.

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